Probably my favorite parts of spring is when I plant seedlings to grow paste tomatoes. Who doesn’t love the look of the plants in the morning, fresh with an early hour watering? Personally, I love gauging my tomato’s growth every day, and waiting until the time they turn just perfectly ripe. But, I’m sure you’re…
If you don’t know about growing potatoes in containers, but want to harvest bucketfuls anyway, then this article is for you. I’ve grown potatoes both in the ground and in pots, and there are benefits to both. Now, I’m not the world’s best gardener. I even struggle keeping up with all the work sometimes. So,…
![6 Steps to Start Hunting Today [1 Year Of Meat On 2 Acres (Or Less ) Series]](https://thefrugalchicken.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/start-hunting-today-feature-min.jpg)
Today, I invite my friend Jenn from Little House On The 100 to tell you all about how to start hunting. This is part of a series on how to grow a year’s worth of meat in your backyard. Since I’m no hunting expert, but Jenn is, I’m super excited to be able to share this…
![You CAN Raise Meat Chickens (And Actually Go Through With It!) [Podcast]](https://thefrugalchicken.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/raise-meat-chickens-feature-min.jpg)
If you’ve always wanted to raise meat chickens, but aren’t sure you can actually go through with it, then this week’s podcast is for you. In this session of What The Cluck?! we talk all about how we raise meat chickens on our homestead and harvest sustainable meat. (Want to raise a sustainable flock? I can…
Is chicken manure good fertilizer? Chicken manure tea is one of the best plant fertilizers out there, and believe me when I say that your garden is craving it. Heavy nitrogen feeders like tomatoes require a lot of nutrients, and this year, we’re planning on planting a ton of them. In the past, I’ve grown…
Together, we’ve made FrugalChicken on of the best homesteading blog websites out there. It’s hard to believe we’re just moments away from 2016. First, I want to thank you for vising my homesteading blog over the past year. Your readership has made this one of the most remarkable years of my life, and I’m glad…
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